Here is a preview clip from Essential Pépin. One of Jacques’ special guests, Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, plays piano while Jacques sings a French song and demos some classic culinary percussion techniques.

I am the Senior Interactive Producer for KQED's online Food properties. I have designed and produced food-related websites and blogs for KQED including Bay Area Bites; Check, Please! Bay Area; Jacques Pepin's websites; Weir Cooking in the City and KQED.org's Food portal. When I am not creating and managing food websites I am taking photos of Bay Area Life and designing online navigation systems. My professional education and training includes: clinical psychology, photography, commercial cooking, web design, information architecture and UX . You can find me engaged in social media on Twitter @bayareabites and on Facebook at Bay Area Bites. I can also be found photoblogging at look2remember.

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Allan Mahnke

Happy birthday! You will never know how profoundly you have affected us. We are so grateful.

Kathryn & Allan

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Happy 75th Birthday! I have enjoyed watching and learning from you to cook way back when your daughter was in a show with you and we were living in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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